California condor Eben McMillan 25 November 1963 operates an oil lease in the area to the southeast of Dough Flat, just beneath the west scarp of Hopper Rim and at the foot of Spring Canyon trail. These two men, who operate this Twilight Oil Company, were in the process of loading two floor sections that had formally been the flooring for tents here at Oak Flats Station. They told us that Jack Gains had given them the two sections of flooring. Dan and I helped these two fellows load these two section of flooring and joists, that were each about 14 feet long and 9 feet wide, onto their truck. They told us of seeing three condor over their Spring Canyon lease yesterday and one the day before. These were the first condor they had seen for more than a month. They also told us that a new oil well was spudding in in the Tar Canyon area and that another new location was being considered north of their lease. We drove on up the Corridor Road to Squaw Flats to see if any automobiles were in that area. Not seeing any late tracks on the road we returned to a little flat about 100 yards north of the Iron Gate that is kept locked and is used by the Twilight Oil Company to drive into their lease at the head of Spring Canyon; we left our pickup here and with packs on our backs commenced following this road that will take us to the foot of the Spring Canyon trail. After we had gone about ½ mile along this roadway Mr. Edwards and Mr. Dunlap came along in their truck and gave us a ride in into their camp that is located about ¼ mile north of the foot of the Spring Canyon trail, that is where it breaks down off the main scarp of Hopper Rim and enters more gentle rolling canyons. After visiting briefly with these men at their camp we continued on our way up the Spring Canyon trail. A large Stag deer was seen looking its way through the thicket Chaparral.